Monday, October 18, 2004
Mental!
Prop 63. Who could possibly vote against mental health? The prop taxes the people making over $1M a year by 1% to spend on mental health stuff.
Beetle the Idealistic Voter has always felt a little uncomfortable with the argument: "Hey, dude, don't worry, we're only taxing rich people, there's no need for you to worry." Maybe he just doesn't like being so blatantly pandered to. Just so you're all paying attention, we're asking a small percentage of individuals to pay over $10,000 each to cover the cost of mental health problems which affect society as a whole. NO on 63.
Beetle the Pragmatic Voter, on the other hand, greatly enjoys being blatantly pandered to. Taxing rich people is no skin off BPV's nose, and he figures the trickle-down effect will be minimized. BPV seriously doubts the proposition will actually improve mental health, however (such plans rarely do), and this does impose spending restrictions, which end up coming from the General Fund in the future (remember that mandated funding for this program only means there'll be that much less discretionary funding for this program, leading to a net increase in government spending everywhere else). So NO on 63.
Beetle the Entertainer strongly opposes this initiative, as, BPV's doubts notwithstanding, it could possibly help with mental health problems among the population. Mental health problems are highly entertaining, so BE says NO on 63.
Beetle the Bitter Foe of All Humanity doesn't like crazy people, and doesn't like other people, and hopes that insufficient treatment for crazy people will lead to the crazy people killing the other people and maybe themselves. So NO on 63.
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